Umbrella-runner.



S. J. EVANS.

UMBRELLA RUNNER.

(Application iled June 1, 1901J No. 694,623. Patented Mar. 4,1902.

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL-J. EVANs, or RoANoIIE, VIRGINIA. f

.lvJMBRELLA-RUNNER.

ssacrrrcAfrrorrforming part of Letters Patent No. 694,623, dated March 4, 1902.

' Appnttnontiea :rune 1,1901,v serial No. 62,765. (No man;

To @ZZ whom it mag/concern: Be it known that LSAMUEL J. EV-ANs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Roan.-

ication.

My invention yrelates'to umbrellas, and is designed to make more eective the construc-v tion disclosed in an application filed by me January 23, 1901, SerialNo. 44,423. In my former invention a notch is provided with a socket adapted to receive the headed end of a rib, the head being of Varying areas and holding such a relation to the socket as will permit the insertion or removal of the ribheacl when the frame is open, but prevent suchinsertion or removal in other positions of the frame.

I have vaimed to makethe connection beiA -tween the heads of the ribs and stretchers and the notch and runner more secure, and to this end I make the entrance to the sockets capable of being expanded or distended, thus providing a spring action which allows the headed ends of the ribs to slip by when insertedor removed, butholds them against accidental displacement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a stick with the notch and runner in section. Figs. '2, 3, and 4 show details.

The stick is shoWnat A and may be of any ordinary or approved construction. It carries the notch b and a runner'c. The notch` has an interior sleeve d, and with thisexception 4is Vpreferably identical in vconstruction with the notch shown in my application re' ferred to.v This sleeve is tubular and forms the inner wall of the socket in the notch which is adapted to receive the` headed ends of the ribs. The mouthA of the socket is contracted,

as described in my application above mentioned, and the heads beingof varying areas pass through the contracted mouth, and after entering the socket thel closing movement has the effect of turning the heads in the sockets, so as to prevent the removal of the heads by reason of the difference between the Width of the mouth and the Widest area of the head. In order .to make still further secure this action, the sleeve d is provided,

the pressure is released.V The constructionfor the runner is precisely the same, and the action is in all respects the same.

What I claim is- 1. In an nmbrellaa notch, a headed rib litted to a socket therein, said socket having a contracted mouth, one Wall of said mouth being capable of movement under pressure of the rib -to enlarge the opening temporarily, the said Wall4 returning automatically to its normal position, substantially as described.

2. In an umbrella', a notch having a socket, a rib having a headedend adapted thereto, a spring 'integral with the socket and forming an expansible mouth thereto, substantially as-described. A.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature iu presence of tWo Witnesses.

i SAMUEL J. EVANS.

Vifitnesses: f

HENRY E. CooPER, JAMES M. SPEAR. 

